Golden-naped Weaver Ploceus aureonucha

Taxonomic history

Ploceus (Melanopteryx) aureonucha Sassi, 1920, Orn. Monatsber. 28, p.81
The Golden-naped Weaver was first described in 1920 by Sassi, based on specimens from Beni-Mawambi und Ukaika, Democratic Republic of Congo. The specimens were collected by Rudolf Grauer in 1910. The first illustration of the Golden-naped Weaver was published in Gyldenstolpe 1924.